The misdemeanor rap against Police Officer Joel Edouard, 36, is expected to be announced Tuesday.

A city cop who was caught on tape seemingly stomping on a subdued suspect has been indicted for assault, the Daily News has learned.

The misdemeanor rap against police Officer Joel Edouard, 36, is expected to be announced Tuesday, several sources confirmed.

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It would be the third cop indicted in as many months by Brooklyn prosecutors, who are investigating at least six other police brutality cases.

Police Officer Joel Edouard, 36, was caught on video apparently stomping on a subdued suspect during a July 23 arrest in Brooklyn. (YouTube)

A cell phone video captured the officer giving the boot to 32-year-old Jahmiel Cuffee on July 23 during an arrest in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

"Help me!" Cuffee pleads as several cops hold him down.

Edouard can be seen briefly pulling a gun, then putting it back in his holster. He walks away, returns and appears to kick Cuffee in the head, prompting another cop to push him and the crowd to gasp.

Cuffee, who has a 2-year-old son, has said he suffered scrapes and bumps.

Officers alleged they saw him throwing away a joint, but he was only charged with attempted tampering with evidence, obstructing governmental administration and resisting arrest, records show.

"There was no evidence of marijuana," a law enforcement source said.

Cuffee's case was dismissed in December.

Edouard, an eight-year veteran of the NYPD who, like Cuffee, is black, was placed on modified duty back in July.

Sources said the grand jury only considered the misdemeanor charge, which carries up to a year in jail.

The officer is expected to surrender and be arraigned Tuesday.

His lawyer and a district attorney spokeswoman declined comment.

In November, the Brooklyn DA's office indicted two officers who were seen on surveillance video punching and pistol-whipping a teen who was also being busted for marijuana possession. Those cases, one of which is a felony, are pending.

The disturbing aggression against Cuffee came less than a week after Eric Garner died following a police chokehold in another caught-on-tape incident.

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A Staten Island grand jury declined to file any charges against that officer.